They managed to get Marelize to safety, with the help of friend Gerome

“We’re not naïve – her family goes to that particular beach town, both of us are aware of the danger, but in this case there was especially large waves form the super spring tide.

At the time we weren’t sure if it was the photo had worked out, but we decided to move across the rocks to a safer location, without a drop.

“We were concerned about the bigger waves coming; but we weren’t too concerned while crossing the rock there.

“When we were moving over we felt the first wave hit and that’s where we tried to sit down and get another shot – since we were now in a safer location, with a rock pool nearby, rather than a drop straight into the ocean.

“We saw the next wave coming and tried to get ready for the picture, but the wave just smashed down on top of us.

“Instantly it felt like we were underwater – the wave was really disorientating, we were just sat there and the next second we were underwater.